Paper, 'Brief description of a ctenostomatous polyzoon, allied to Vesicularia, cccurring on the Australian coast' by John Denis Macdonald Macdonald shares his observations on specimens of a ctenostomatous polyzoon found at Moreton Bay [Australia]. Annotations in pencil throughout. Includes one page of figures of the specimens. Subject: Zoology Received 13 January 1857. Read 19 February 1857. Communicated by Captain [Henry Mangles] Denham. A version of this paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Brief description of a ctenostomatous polyzoon, allied to Vesicularia, occurring on the Australian coast'. A version of this paper was published by Macdonald in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Macdonald, John Denis. 'Brief description of a Ctenostomatous Polyzoon, allied to Vesicularia, occurring on the Australian Coast.' The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, volume 19, number 113 (1857), pp. 390-391. April 1856